Question: The Bartram-Pulley Company (BPC) must decide between two mutually exclusive investment projects. Each project costs $6,250 and has an expected life of 3 years. Annual

The Bartram-Pulley Company (BPC) must decide between two mutually exclusive investment projects. Each project costs $6,250 and has an expected life of 3 years. Annual net cash flows from each project begin 1 year after the initial investment is made and have the following probability distributions:

Project A Project B
Probability Cash Flows Probability Cash Flows
0.2 $5,000 0.2 $ 0
0.6 6,750 0.6 6,750
0.2 7,500 0.2 16,000

BPC has decided to evaluate the riskier project at an 11% rate and the less risky project at a 10% rate.

  1. What is the expected value of the annual cash flows from each project? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.

    Project A Project B
    Net cash flow $ $

    What is the coefficient of variation (CV)? (Hint: B=$5,096.57 and CVB=$0.70.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round values to the nearest cent and CV values to two decimal places.

    CV
    Project A $
    Project B $

  2. What is the risk-adjusted NPV of each project? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest cent.

    Project A: $
    Project B: $

  3. If it were known that Project B is negatively correlated with other cash flows of the firm whereas Project A is positively correlated, how would this affect the decision?

    This would tend to reinforce the decision to -Select-acceptrejectItem 9 Project B.

    If Project B's cash flows were negatively correlated with gross domestic product (GDP), would that influence your assessment of its risk?

    -Select-YesNo

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